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I hava a Xperia Z2. Nice phone but I backed up while lollipop 5.0.1. Now it 's 5.1.1 lollipop but recovery is not working. There is an error " ..... I can't save my files... 
I believe that making a backup on one firmware version and trying to restore on another version won't work - If you are wanting to backup then most of use 3rd party apps but I personally use Helium as I can transfer my backup to other Android devices
This has been asked many times. Please search the forum before creating a new thread. You have an example below:
/t5/Xperia-Z2/Cannot-restore-Backup-data-on-Z2-Android-5-0/m-p/974980#M26983